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My story's a little similar to this, though I started building web pages/sites at a young age (at the tail end of Netscape Navigator). I was studying graphic design at a city college with a phenomenal graphic design department then ended up transferring to a four-year university with a department that felt like a downgrade from city college.

I was already considering minoring in CS, but after a year of feeling underwhelmed in the department, I just made the switch over.

I agree with you and many of the other posts here that you do develop critical thinking/feedback skills. It was a little surprising switching to CS and seeing how very few peer-critiques were done.